Windows 10 is the first free Microsoft OS that includes dozens of great apps and
services: Outlook, Groove Music, OneNote, OneDrive (ex SkyDrive), Skype, People
(contacts). They all are hooked up to your Microsoft account. To get
access to all these features and the official Windows Store, it’s time to
create a new Microsoft account or restore an old Microsoft account login, if
you registered it one day.
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WHAT’S MICROSOFT
ACCOUNT ID?
Microsoft decided to
facilitate access to its services and create one entrance key for all of them,
so you can use one login and password everywhere. Previously, there were:
Windows Live ID, Hotmail ID, SkyDrive ID, Office 365 ID, Windows Phone ID, Xbox
Live ID, now there’s only one ID called “Microsoft Account ID”. This ID you
should use to sign into any Microsoft service. If you already have one of these
IDs you don’t need to create a new Microsoft Account ID, just use the current
ID in Windows 10, 8, and 8.1.
When
you install Windows 10 onto your PC, you have 2 options: create an offline
Microsoft account for one device or an online live Microsoft account for many
Windows gadgets. We recommend making an online account via www.live.com, so you can
connect all your Windows devices (for example, phone, Xbox, computers, tablets,
bands) to one account.
HOW TO
CREATE A MICROSOFT ACCOUNT?
Step 2. Use your current email
address like: Gmail, Yahoo, Verizon, Cox, and file out the form:
Note: you’ll use this email address and password even to login in to Outlook.com (Hotmail).
Make sure that this email works because you need to click a verification
link.
Step 3. Alternatively, select
the second option at live.com and create a new email especially for
Microsoft account. Then, you’ll have to complete a longer form.
There is one more way to
register Microsoft ID. Go through these steps upon Windows 10/8/8.1
installation or upgrade from Windows 7. The installation wizard will guide
through the whole process which is similar to the described above.
HOW TO UPDATE INFO
OF YOUR MICROSOFT ACCOUNT ID?
If you plan to use your
existing Windows Live, OneDrive (SkyDrive) or Xbox ID as your pass, you can
always refresh the info about you. Surely, you can cancel any existing account
and sign up for a new Microsoft account ID at any time.
In order to update the
Microsoft Account info:
1. Log-in to Live/Outlook
account.
2. Click on your name in
the upper right corner.
3. Select the Account
settings or Edit profile link
Here you will be
able to update: personal info, password, change profile picture, attach your
cell phone number and second email for security purposes, adjust alert
settings, permissions, billing data, etc.
HOW
TO ADD A PAYMENT METHOD (CREDIT CARD, PAYPAL) TO MICROSOFT ACCOUNT?
You can always create
a Microsoft account without a credit card. Adding a credit card is NOT
obligatory. But if you plan to purchase software at Windows Store or games for
Xbox, you should add a billing method to your account (a credit card or
PayPal). Don’t forget that your Microsoft account is the best place to
check all your Microsoft Office license subscriptions and Skype calls or Xbox
purchase history, so make a secure password for it.
1. Go to the Account settings tab
as shown above.
2. Click the Billing tab and
check your email for the confirmation code.
3. Enter the received confirmation code.
4. Open Payment Options tab and
click the Add a payment method button.
5. Enter your info and save changes.
